Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Orcutt
Charles E. Orcutt was born on February 15, 1845, in Vermont and later moved with his family to Allegany County, New York, and Massachusetts. He educated at Deerfield Academy before working on a farm. In his twenties, he relocated to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he initially clerked in a store. In 1871, he established a drug business in Jamesport and was appointed postmaster in 1873. Active in local governance, he is a Republican and married Tillia Keener, with whom he had two children.